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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6| |915.

- Patented May16,1916.

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UNITED STATESvv PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK J'. BENZ, 0F SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO WILLIAIV SCHELER, OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. s

COIL-WIRE HAT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

VApplication led November 6, 1915.Y Serial No. 60,047.

T0 all 'whom t may concern: i Be it known that I, FRANK J. BENZ, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara and State of California, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Coil-Vire Hat-Pins, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to improvement'in coil wire hat pins, and the objects of my invention are, to produce coil wire hat pins, first, that can be permanently attached to a ladys hat; second, that can be released from engagement with the hair without inconveniencing adjoining people; third, that can be utilized as a part of the design of a hat; fourth, that will obviate the necessity of puncturing the hat each time it is worn;

`fifth, that presents no dangerous exteriorly projecting point; sixth, that will be effective, practical, simple, easy to adjust and cheap to manufacture. I accomplish these objects by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an outside plan view of knob and plate, and method of fastening the same to a hat; Fig. 2 is an inside plan view. of plate showing a portion of coil spring wire, and exit holes through the outer portion of open tube; Fig. 3 is a plan view of wire coil; Fig. 4 is a section on line A-A of Fig. 1, completely assembled; Fig. 5 is a plan view of wire shaft twisted so as to form a needle eye, parts broken away; Fig. 6 is a section of knob and spring fastener; Fig. 7 is a section on line B-B of Fig. 6.

In the accompanying drawings similar reference numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My improved coil wire hat pin consists of a one piece wire as 1, the same may be of any size wire required and of any spring metal desired, and of the proper length and size, the same being bent to form the needle eye 2, and twisted to form shaft 3, and bent at right-angles, as shown at 4, to form arms 5; out a distance on said arms 5 and at 6, the wire is again bent at right angles with said arms 5, and from this bend 6 the wire is made into coil springs, as shown at 7, and inserted into round tube 8, open on one side thereof, said tube having a flange 8a, which is an integral part thereof, in which is cut a plurality of V shaped strips 9; plate 10 is a plain, flat plate, cut round to fit inside of flange 8a, and is fastened thereto l by V shaped strips 9, said plate 10 having a hole- 11 through the center thereof 'to iit over shaft 3, and is fastened in place over open tubefS by V shaped strips 9, said round open tube 8 having two open cuts through its outside, as shown at 12, for the purpose of allowing the coil wire to protrude therefrom to engage the hair of the wearer of the hat to which the same is attached; a knob 13 is attached to shaft 3, adapted to engage said shaft 3 by spring catch 14 and needle eye 2, and operate said coil springs 7 into engagement with, and out of engagement of, the hair o-f the wearer of said hat; knob 13 has a shank 15, through which a longitudinal hole 3a is bored, adapted to engage shaft 3; a slot is out at 16 in said shank 15, adapted to engage spring catch 14; when said knob 13 is placed on shaft 3, the spring catch 14 drops into needle eye 2 and fastens said knob 13 to said shaft 3; a notch 18 is cut in shank 15 for the purpose of disengaging spring catch 14 from needle eye 2, when it is required to remove knob 13 from shaft 3; the V shaped holes 17, from which is cut V shaped strips 9, are for the purpose of fastening said hat pin to a hat.

The operation of my coil wire hat pin is as follows: The device is fastened to the inside of the hat by V shaped holes 17; a hole is made in said hat to allow shaft 3 and needle eye 2 to protrude therethrough, when knob 13 is attached to said shaft 3 and fastened thereto by spring catch 14. When said knob 13 is turned to the right, the coil wire will engage the hair of the wearer; when turned to the left, the coil wire will disengage the hair of the wearer, when said hat may be removed from the head of the wearer; should it be required to remove said knob 13 from shaft 3 and needle eye 2, a pin is inserted in notch 18, which disengages spring catch 14 fro-m needle eye 2, when the knob 13 may be removed from shaft 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A coil wire hat pin consisting of one piece of wire bent to form a needle eye, and

twisted to form a shaft; said wire being bent to form arms, and from said arms said wire being bent to form coil springs adapted to engage the hair of the wearer of a hat to which the same is attached; a round tube open on one side thereof; a flange which is an integral part thereof; a plurality of V shaped strips cut in said flange; a round, flat plate adapted to fit inside of said flange, and fastened thereto by said V shaped strips cut in said flange, said plate adapt-ed to engage a shaft, said round open tube having tWo open outs through its outside adapted to allow the eoil Wire to protrude therefrom, as shown and described.

2. A coil Wire hat pin, the combination of one piece of Wire bent to form a needle eye, and twisted to form a shaft, said Wire being bent to form arms, and from said arms said Wire being bent to form coil springs; a round tube Open on one side thereof, a ange which is an integral part thereof, a plurality of V shaped strips eut in said flange, a

round, flat plate, fastened to said flange; said plate adapted to engage a shaft, said round open tube having tWo open outs through the outside thereof, a knob attached to said shaft, a spring catch fastened to said knob, adapted to engage said needle eye, and fasten said knob to said shaft; means by which said knob may be removed from said shaft and said needle eye, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto aliXed my signature in the presence of two lsubscribing Witnees.

FRANK J. BENZ.

Witnesses:

F. M. HoRToN, O. M. VRooMAN.

copie: of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ot Intente. Washington, D. C. 

